Bria Wright's guest appearances

Bria Wright

Teaching Hard History

Liz Kleinrock

Jim Crow

Courtland Cox

Dom Flemons

Hakeem Jeffries

Charles McKinney

Deirdre Cooper Owens

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

Paul Finkelman

Edward E. Baptist

Kate Shuster

Marian Dingle

Marvin Reed

Alice Mitchell

Christina Snyder

OwlTail

For elementary teachers approaching the topic of slavery, it can be tempting to focus only on heroes and avoid explaining oppression. But teachers’ omissions speak as loudly as what they choose to include. And what children learn in the early grades has broad consequences for the rest of their education. Dr. Kate Shuster guides us through the new  Teaching Hard History K–5 framework from Teaching Tolerance. We also learn how four elementary teachers are beginning to use it in their classrooms. Educators! Get a professional development certificate for listening to this episode—issued by Learning for Justice. Listen for the special code word, then visit learningforjustice.org/podcastpd. And you can find a complete transcript on our website, along with resources to help you teach the hard history explored in this episode. Resources like these...  Resources and Readings  Teaching Tolerance magazine, "We Are Our Ancestors' Wildest Dreams" James Madison's Montpelier, The Mere Distinction of Colour (exhibition)  Kate Shuster  Teaching Tolerance articles Teaching Tolerance, Teaching the Movement Teaching Hard History, K-5 Framework: Essential Knowledge  Bria Wright Fifth grade, Raleigh, North Carolina, Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board References:  Teaching Hard History, K-5 Framework: Essential Knowledge #1 Beyoncé, Freedom feat. Kendrick Lamar (video) Glenn E. Singleton, Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools Teaching Tolerance, My Multicultural Self  Marvin Reed Third grade, Berkeley, California, Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board References:  Teaching Tolerance, Remembering My Four Friends 50 Years Later Teaching Hard History, K-5 Framework: Essential Knowledge #5 Teaching Tolerance, The Story of César Chávez, Dolores Huerta and a Great Movement for Social Justice Teaching Hard History, K-5 Framework: Essential Knowledge #7 English Language Arts (ELA) Standards Teaching Tolerance: Lesson, The Little Rock Battle for School Integration Sharon Draper, Fire from the Rock Teaching Tolerance: Feature, Beyond the Little Rock Nine Langston Hughes Maya Angelou  Alice Mitchell Fifth grade, Boston, Massachusetts, Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board References:  Teaching Hard History, K-5 Framework: Essential Knowledge #12 NEA, K-W-L Charts (Know, Want to Know, Learned) Teaching Hard History, K-5 Framework: Essential Knowledge #14 Teaching Tolerance, Poster Warning Blacks in Boston: Kidnappers  Marian Dingle Fourth grade, Atlanta, Georgia, Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board References:  Teaching Hard History, K-5 Framework: Essential Knowledge #15 The New York Times: Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project U.S. Supreme Court, Dred Scott v. Sandford PBS/WGBH, Africans in America: The Middle Passage  And you'll find a full episode transcript on our site.

For elementary teachers approaching the topic of slavery, it can be tempting to focus only on heroes and avoid explaining oppression. But teachers’ omissions speak as loudly as what they choose to include. And what children learn in the early grades has broad consequences for the rest of their education. Dr. Kate Shuster guides us through the new <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/frameworks/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/k-5-framework" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Teaching Hard History K–5 framework</a> from Teaching Tolerance. We also learn how four elementary teachers are beginning to use it in their classrooms. Educators! <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkDO8MfjMRYXBUgYbUqQfUKQsNlxApL3k5DPHvBMn5H7SCkQ/viewform?usp=pp_url&amp;entry.1748617993=4:+In+the+Elementary+Classroom" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Get a professional development certificate</a> for listening to this episode—issued by Learning for Justice. Listen for the special code word, then visit <a href="https://www.learningforjustice.org/podcastpd" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">learningforjustice.org/podcastpd</a>. And you can find <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/podcasts/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/in-the-elementary-classroom" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">a complete transcript on our website</a>, along with resources to help you teach the hard history explored in this episode. Resources like these...  Resources and Readings <ul> <li>Teaching Tolerance magazine, "<a href="https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/summer-2018/we-are-our-ancestors-wildest-dreams" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">We Are Our Ancestors' Wildest Dreams</a>"</li> <li>James Madison's Montpelier, <a href="https://www.montpelier.org/visit/mere-distinction" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Mere Distinction of Colour</a> (exhibition)</li> </ul> Kate Shuster <ul> <li><a href="https://www.tolerance.org/author/kate-shuster" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Teaching Tolerance articles</a></li> <li>Teaching Tolerance, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/publications/teaching-the-movement-2014" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Teaching the Movement</a></li> <li>Teaching Hard History, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/frameworks/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/k-5-framework#essential-knowledge" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">K-5 Framework: Essential Knowledge</a></li> </ul> Bria Wright Fifth grade, Raleigh, North Carolina, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/meet-our-advisory-board" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board</a> References: <ul> <li>Teaching Hard History, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/frameworks/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/essential-knowledge-1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">K-5 Framework: Essential Knowledge #1</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FWF9375hUA" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Beyoncé, Freedom feat. Kendrick Lamar</a> (video)</li> <li>Glenn E. Singleton, <a href="https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/courageous-conversations-about-race/book242855" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools</a></li> <li>Teaching Tolerance, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/tolerance-lessons/my-multicultural-self" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">My Multicultural Self</a></li> </ul> Marvin Reed Third grade, Berkeley, California, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/meet-our-advisory-board" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board</a> References: <ul> <li>Teaching Tolerance, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/texts/remembering-my-four-friends-50-years-later" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Remembering My Four Friends 50 Years Later</a></li> <li>Teaching Hard History, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/frameworks/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/essential-knowledge-5" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">K-5 Framework: Essential Knowledge #5</a></li> <li>Teaching Tolerance, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/film-kits/viva-la-causa" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Story of César Chávez, Dolores Huerta and a Great Movement for Social Justice</a></li> <li>Teaching Hard History, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/frameworks/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/essential-knowledge-7" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">K-5 Framework: Essential Knowledge #7</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">English Language Arts (ELA) Standards</a></li> <li>Teaching Tolerance: Lesson, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/tolerance-lessons/the-little-rock-battle-for-school-integration" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Little Rock Battle for School Integration</a></li> <li>Sharon Draper, <a href="http://sharondraper.com/bookdetail.asp?id=23" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Fire from the Rock</a></li> <li>Teaching Tolerance: Feature, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/beyond-the-little-rock-nine" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Beyond the Little Rock Nine</a></li> <li><a href="https://poets.org/poet/langston-hughes" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Langston Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mayaangelou.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Maya Angelou</a></li> </ul> Alice Mitchell Fifth grade, Boston, Massachusetts, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/meet-our-advisory-board" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board</a> References: <ul> <li>Teaching Hard History, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/frameworks/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/essential-knowledge-12" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">K-5 Framework: Essential Knowledge #12</a></li> <li>NEA, <a href="http://www.nea.org/tools/k-w-l-know-want-to-know-learned.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">K-W-L Charts (Know, Want to Know, Learned)</a></li> <li>Teaching Hard History, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/frameworks/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/essential-knowledge-14" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">K-5 Framework: Essential Knowledge #14</a></li> <li>Teaching Tolerance, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/texts/hard-history/poster-warning-blacks-in-boston-kidnappers" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Poster Warning Blacks in Boston: Kidnappers</a></li> </ul> Marian Dingle Fourth grade, Atlanta, Georgia, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/meet-our-advisory-board" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board</a> References: <ul> <li>Teaching Hard History, <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/frameworks/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/essential-knowledge-15" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">K-5 Framework: Essential Knowledge #15</a></li> <li>The New York Times: Nikole Hannah-Jones, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The 1619 Project</a></li> <li>U.S. Supreme Court, <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/60us393" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dred Scott v. Sandford</a></li> <li>PBS/WGBH, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p277.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Africans in America: The Middle Passage</a></li> </ul> And you'll find a <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/podcasts/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/in-the-elementary-classroom" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">full episode transcript</a> on our site.

In the Elementary Classroom – w/ Kate Shuster, Marian Dingle, Bria Wright, Marvin Reed and Alice Mitchell